Despite being small in area, the story of Taba’s return to Egypt remains pivotal in Egyptian-Israeli relations.On Sunday, Egypt commemorates the 29th anniversary of the liberation of Taba; a number of Egyptian key figures including ministers and parliamentarians visited the town and hoisted the Egyptian flag over Taba. Israeli negotiators claimed that Taba should remain with Israel. "Israel was in shock that the international community for the first time in the history of Zionism did not take its side and ruled Taba as an Egyptian territory. Later, the Egyptian flag was raised in Taba and all along the new international border with Israel. It has an international airport, the Taba International Airport,that receives many charter flies on a weekly basis from Europe.

Source: Egypt Today March 19, 2018 03:33 UTC